Expository Week 1

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Following a Hero's Trail
Essential Learnings:
  • Students will read, write, and speak with an expository intent.
  • Students will utilize technology to access information about heroes.
  • Students will use critical thinking skills to choose and analyze information about their hero.
  • Students will compare and contrast fictional heroes with actual young heroes of today.

Expository Writing Rubric (Glow and Grow Evaluation Sheet) external image msword.png 2011 Reflection GLOW and GROW-Hero Essay.doc


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Guiding Questions:
  • What defines a hero?
  • What character qualities does it take to be a hero?
  • What is the difference between a hero and a celebrity?
  • Who represents a hero to you? What hero qualities do they possess?
  • What life experiences (actions, accomplishments, adversities) demonstrate that your person is truly a hero?
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Week 1 Individual-Group-Class Unit Activities
Resources:

Thomas A. Barron: Young Heroes. http://www.tabarron.com. 12/30/10.

Thomas A. Barron. The Hero's Trail. Penguin Books, New York: 2002.

Thomas A. Barron.The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.2006. http://www.barronprize.org. 12/30/10.

Beers, Kylene. A Reader's Guide to The Hero's Trail by T. A. Barron.